2024
Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States.
Robich R, Piantadosi A, Elias S, Cosenza D, Schneider E, Baxter L, LaFon E, Lubelczyk C, Meagher M, Vogels C, Smith R. Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024 PMID: 39406212, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeer tick virusHabitat typesGenetic diversityIxodes scapularis ticksInvasive vegetationAdult ticksLong-distance dispersalTick virusShort-range dispersalVirus prevalenceTick-borne encephalitis virusPhylogenetic analysisLineage IIHabitatPowassan virus lineage IIEnzootic fociNature ReserveNative vegetationTicksDeerNational Estuarine Research ReserveCompared to 0UnderstoryEncephalitis virusForest
2015
An assessment of the terrestrial mammal communities in forests of Central Panama, using camera-trap surveys
Meyer N, Esser H, Moreno R, van Langevelde F, Liefting Y, Oller D, Vogels C, Carver A, Nielsen C, Jansen P. An assessment of the terrestrial mammal communities in forests of Central Panama, using camera-trap surveys. Journal For Nature Conservation 2015, 26: 28-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTerrestrial mammal communitiesCamera trap surveysCentral PanamaNational ParkMammal communitiesReference sitesLarge-bodied terrestrial mammalsCamera trap survey dataMammal species richnessIsthmus of PanamaMovement of animalsWildlife diversityIntact forestConservation effortsSpecies richnessForest fragmentsTerrestrial frugivoresApex predatorsIntact communitiesDisturbed portionTerrestrial mammalsEastern PanamaForestMost sitesPanamanian Isthmus